Review Of My 2023 Creative And Business Goals With Joanna Penn

Another year ends, and once more, it's time to reflect on our creative goals.

I hope you will take the time to review your goals and you're welcome to leave a comment below about how the year went. Did you achieve everything you wanted to? Let me know in the comments.

In the intro, 2023 was the year that Twitter died — and became X. What that means for me, plus The Verge does an overview. Thoughts on lighthouses and what yours might be, from The Comfort Book by Matt Haig quoting Anne Lamott; “We’re in an artist’s age now,” reflections on the changing author business model from Johnny B. Truant; The Future by Naomi Alderman.

This episode is supported by my Patreon community, who fund my future-focused thinking time. If you join the community, you get an extra solo Q&A; show monthly, as well as behind-the-scenes videos on planning for the year ahead, AI and creative business, plus discounts, early access, and more. Join the community for the price of a coffee a month at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn

Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker.

You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. 

Show Notes

You can read my 2023 goals here and I reflect on what I achieved below.

* J.F. Penn — Pilgrimage, Catacomb, and short stories

* Up-skilling into direct sales with Kickstarter and Shopify, and building a fiction-first store

* Joanna Penn — Writing the Shadow

* The Creative Penn Podcast and Patreon move to monthly Community

* Experiment with futurist technologies and share what I learn along the way 

* Financial goals

* Travel, speaking, health, and other things

Let me know in the comments below how your 2023 creative goals went.

J.F. Penn — Pilgrimage, Catacomb, and short stories 

Although I wrote and edited Pilgrimage in 2022, the publishing, launch, and marketing all happened in the first quarter of 2023.

The ...